Tabla de Contenidos: “…Design of Goods and Services -- Global Company Profile: Nautique Boats: Product Design Provides Competitive Advantage at Nautique Boats -- Goods and Services Selection -- Product Strategy Options Support Competitive Advantage -- Product Life Cycles -- Life Cycle and Strategy -- Product-by-Value Analysis -- Generating New Products -- Product Development -- Product Development System -- Quality Function Deployment (QFD) -- Organizing for Product Development -- Manufacturability and Value Engineering -- Issues for Product Design -- Robust Design -- Modular Design -- Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) -- OM in Action: Israeli Startups Roll Out 3D Printed Steaks -- Virtual Reality Technology -- Value Analysis -- Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) -- Product Development Continuum -- Purchasing Technology by Acquiring a Firm -- Joint Ventures -- Alliances -- Defining a Product -- Make-or-Buy Decisions -- Group Technology -- Documents for Production -- Product Life-Cycle Management (PLM) -- Service Design -- Designing More Efficient Services -- OM in Action: Amazon Pushes Product Design -- Documents for Services -- Application of Decision Trees to Product Design -- Transition to Production -- Summary -- Key Terms -- Ethical Dilemma -- Discussion Questions -- Solved Problem -- Problems -- Case Studies -- De Mar's Product Strategy -- Video Case Studies -- Product Design at Nautique Boat Company -- Celebrity Cruises Designs a New Ship -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Rapid Review -- Self Test -- Supplement 5. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Environmental requirements -- F.1 Server dimensions - plan view -- F.2 Shipping specifications -- F.3 Power requirements -- Appendix G. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Site user experience (UX) -- On-page SEO -- Backlinks -- Chapter 17 MOFU strategy #5: Instagram -- My best Instagram stories tips -- Stage 3: Converting customers in the BOFU -- Chapter 18 BOFU strategy #1: Website optimisation -- Before you make any changes -- Homepage -- The top announcement bar: Essential info -- The header: The face of your brand -- The menu: Your store's roadmap -- The value bar: Showcase your unique selling proposition (USP) -- Main banner: First impressions count -- Product tiles or collection tiles: Your bestsellers on display -- Product pages -- Consistency in image shapes -- A range of image types -- Descriptive product names -- Buy-now, pay-later options -- Reviews and social proof -- Size chart -- High-contrast add-to-cart button -- Subscription sales -- Accordion-style product description -- Product-specific FAQs -- Frequently bought together -- Shoppable videos -- Comparison charts -- Collections pages -- Display all collections -- Filters -- Include product details -- Add-to-cart button -- Cart -- Upsell cart -- Display payment options and warranties -- Shipping information -- Frequently bought together with -- Chapter 19 BOFU strategy #2: Email marketing -- Cart abandonment email flow -- Abandoned cart email 1 -- Abandoned cart email 2 -- Chapter 20 BOFU strategy #3: TikTok Shop -- How do you set it up? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…National Competitive Advantage -- Theory Assessment -- DEVELOPMENTS IN WORLD TRADE -- Volume of Trade -- Composition of World Trade -- Direction of World Trade -- Service Trade -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 5 COMMERCIAL POLICY INSTRUMENTS -- Introduction -- Government intervention in trade -- Economic Rationale -- Non-economic Rationale -- INSTRUMENTS OF TRADE CONTROL -- Tariff Barriers -- Non-tariff Barriers -- ANALYSIS OF INDIA'S FOREIGN TRADE -- Volume of India's Foreign Trade -- Composition of India's Foreign Trade -- Direction of India's Foreign Trade -- Key Terms -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 6 MULTILATERAL REGULATION OF TRADE -- Introduction -- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT ) -- Objectives and Principles -- Uruguay Round -- GATT : An Evaluation -- World Trade Organization (WTO ) -- WTO AGREEMENTS -- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT ) -- General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS ) -- Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of IntellectualProperty Rights (TRIPS) -- Agreement on Trade-related Investment Measures (TRIMS) -- ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF WTO -- Principles of WTO -- Most-Favored-Nation (MFN) -- National Treatment -- FUNCTIONS OF WTO -- WTO : AN EVALUATION -- Developing Country Issues -- Dispute Resolution Mechanism -- Subsidies in Agriculture -- FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR WTO -- UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT (UNCTAD ) -- Functions of UNCTAD -- UNCTAD : An Assessment -- KEY TERMS -- DISCUSSION QUESTIONS -- Chapter 7 INTERNATIONAL TRADE FINANCE AND PROMOTION -- INTRODUCTION -- INTERNATIONAL TRADE PAYMENT -- Cash in Advance -- Letter of Credit (L/C) -- Documentary Collection -- Open Account -- TERMS OF TRADE -- Free on board -- Free alongside Ship -- Cost, Insurance and Freight -- Cost and freight -- INTERNATIONAL TRADE FINANCE -- Private Sources -- Governmental Sources…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Value-added can be boosted through the sale of local products to hotels and cruise-ship passengers -- 2.1.2. New tourist segments can be leveraged to attract visitors for longer stays -- 2.1.3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…During the event -- After the event -- Honoring Employees -- Launching a Product -- Define your launch strategy and objectives -- Decide on a date and location -- Develop a budget -- Put together your "dream team" -- Verify the guest list -- Formulate the creative ideas -- Make decisions about outside vendors/suppliers -- Plan the program -- Go over program details with participants -- Double-check the details -- Direct the event -- Critique the results -- Chapter 5 Bringing an Event to Life -- Deciding When to Stage Your Event -- Choosing Your Venue -- Mapping out a location -- Outdoor events -- Indoor events -- Looking at some venue options -- Hotels -- Conference centers -- Convention centers -- Resorts -- Retreat centers -- Cruise ships -- Unique environments -- Visiting venue possibilities -- Scripting the Event -- Analyzing Your Audience -- Creating the Atmosphere -- Planning the entertainment and decorations -- Choosing foods and beverages -- Creating a Memorable Theme -- Selecting a theme that fits -- Integrating a theme into your event -- Entertaining the Groups -- Choosing appropriate entertainment -- Hiring the talent -- Part 2 It's All Show Business -- Chapter 6 Get Me to the Meeting on Time -- Up, Up, and Away: Air Travel Made Easy -- Understanding ticket classes -- Booking airline tickets -- Buying tickets online -- Using a travel agent -- Organizing Ground Transportation -- Airport shuttles -- Chauffeured vehicles -- Rental cars -- Working with a Travel Agent -- Timing It Right -- Considering the time-of-week demand -- Reviewing the time-of-year demand -- Chapter 7 Food for Thought -- Considering Food and Beverage Concerns -- Fitting food into your meeting purpose -- Keeping your budget in mind -- Looking over your venue -- Understanding your audience -- Timing it right -- Exploring Eating Options -- Breakfast -- Brunch…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Creating Strong, Independent NCBs in Every Country Would Have Many Benefits -- The Importance of Independence -- Accountability ... of Course -- Institutional Innovation in Support of Green Globalization 2.0 -- Searing Reality Intervenes -- Build the Architecture of a Green, Decarbonized Tomorrow -- Notes -- References -- 6 A Greening of Industrial Policy: Speeding Diffusion and the Achievement of Net Zero -- Public Policy as Enabler, Supporter, and Backer -- Diffusion Rates, Technology Costs, Innovation, and the Net-Zero Transition -- Diffusion Comes in Waves -- Innovation is Not Episodic But, Rather, is Progressive and Iterative -- Major, Dramatic, and Ongoing Shifts Are Needed in All Industries and Sectors -- An End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies -- An Energy Transition Underway -- Coal is (Almost) Down and Out - in Some Markets -- A Sunnier and Windier Outlook -- Wind is Now Competitive Without Subsidies -- First Movers With the Wind Behind Them -- An EV Transport Revolution in Motion -- Battery Costs Are Falling Fast, Speeding the Transition and Steepening the S-Curve -- Agriculture and Farmers Find the Transition Tough -- Adaptation and Technology Improvement -- Scrap That Old Tractor -- New Crops to Lower Emissions -- Growing Rice But Limiting Methane -- Better Farming Practices Mean Better Outcomes -- Align Incentives With Environmental Goals -- We Need to Change What We Eat -- Industrial Manufacturing and Processes -- Taking Concrete Steps Proves Difficult -- Flying Must reflect the Cost of Convenience -- Slowing and Shifting Shipping's Route -- A Steepening Glidepath Before Us All -- A Steeper S-Curve is Possible -- References -- 7 Greening Our Stories Internationally, Nationally, and Especially Locally -- New Narratives Create New Realities -- Debate and Ownership -- Common Understanding is Essential and Possible…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Out-of-the-Box (OOTB) Approach -- Alternative (Essbase) Approach -- Other Recommended Enhancements -- What to Watch Out For -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Order Management and Supply Chain Analytics -- Description of the Business Process -- Order Management Process -- Supply Chain (Inventory Management) Process -- Business Benefits -- Faster Receipt of Cash (Via Shorter Cycle Times) -- Raising On-Time Shipment Rates -- Lowering Finished Goods Inventories -- Better Visibility into What Orders to Ship at Month or Quarter End -- Key Stakeholders -- Cross-Functional Analysis -- Subject Areas -- Sales Overview -- Orders, Backlog and Invoices Overview -- Order Process -- Inventory and Backlog -- Backlog History -- Sales Receivables -- Customer Activity -- Order Lines -- Sales Revenue -- Orders and Invoices -- Backlog Lines -- Booking Lines -- Invoice Lines -- Pick Lines -- Schedule Lines -- Inventory Balances -- Inventory Transactions -- Finished Goods BOM (Bill of Materials) -- Customer and Supplier Returns -- Typical Configurations and Customizations -- What to Watch Out For -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Manufacturing Analytics -- Description of the Business Process -- Business Benefits -- Improving Manufacturing and Execution -- Increasing the Number of Perfect Orders Delivered -- Key Stakeholders -- Cross-Functional Analysis -- Subject Areas -- Actual Production -- Discrete Quality -- Kanban -- Lot Genealogy -- Material Usage -- Inventory Pegging -- Plan to Produce -- Process Quality -- Production Cost -- Production Plan -- Resource Usage -- Resource Utilization -- Work Order Aging -- Work Order Cycle Time -- Work Order Performance -- Work Order Snapshot -- Inventory Aging -- Inventory Balances -- Inventory Transactions -- Finished Goods BOM (Bill of Materials) -- Supply and Demand -- Typical Configurations and Customizations -- What to Watch Out For…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Process Grouping 5 - Business Case Analysis -- Inputs, Activities, and Outputs of Process Grouping 5 - Business Case Analysis -- Business Case Validation -- Document Performance and Project Resource Requirements for Each Project/Program -- Summary of Process Grouping 5 - Business Case Analysis and Tollgate III -- Process Grouping 6 - Resource Management -- Inputs to Process Grouping 6 - Resource Management -- Process Grouping 6 - Human Resource Staffing Activity Block Diagram -- Process Grouping 6 - Facilities Resource Management Activity Block Diagram -- Equipment Resource Management Activity Block Diagram -- Process Grouping 6 - Financial Resources Management Activity Block Diagram -- Process Grouping 7 - Documentation -- Summary Process Grouping 7 - Documentation -- Tollgate IV: Customer Ship Approval -- Process Grouping 8 - Production -- Process Grouping 9 - Marketing, Sales, and Delivery -- Typical Marketing Plan Table of Contents -- Summary of Process Grouping 9 - Marketing, Sales, and Delivery -- Process Grouping 10 - After-Sales Service Activities -- Process Grouping 11 - Performance Analysis -- Tollgate V: Project Evaluation -- Top Five Positive/Negative Innovation Change Impact Measurements -- Process Grouping 12 - Transformation -- The Innovator's Dilemma 2.1: The Case of the Mayor &amp -- the Farmer's Daughter -- The Innovator's Dilemma 2.2: Saving the Pills -- The Innovator's Dilemma 2.3: Switching on the Lights -- Chapter 3. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Interacting with other repositories -- The centralized workflow -- The peer-to-peer or forking workflow -- The maintainer or integration manager workflow -- The hierarchical or dictator-and-lieutenants workflow -- Managing remote repositories -- The "origin" remote -- Listing and examining remotes -- Adding a new remote -- Updating information about remotes -- Support for triangular workflows -- Chain of trust -- Content-addressed storage -- Lightweight, annotated, and signed tags -- Signed commits -- Merging signed tags (merge tags) -- Summary -- Questions -- Answers -- Further reading -- Chapter 7: Publishing Your Changes -- Transport protocols and remote helpers -- Local transport -- Smart transports -- Legacy (dumb) transports -- Offline transport with bundles -- Remote transport helpers -- Credentials/password management -- Publishing your changes upstream -- Pushing to a public repository -- Generating a pull request -- Exchanging patches -- Summary -- Questions -- Answers -- Further reading -- Chapter 8: Advanced Branching Techniques -- The purpose of branching -- Isolation versus integration -- The path to production release -- Long-running and short-lived branches -- Visibility of branches -- Alternatives to branching -- Visibility without integration -- Branching patterns -- Integration patterns -- Release engineering -- Other branching patterns involving long-lived branches -- Other types of short-lived branches -- Branching workflows and release engineering -- The release and trunk branches workflow -- The graduation branches workflow -- The topic branches workflow -- git-flow - a successful Git branching model -- Ship/Show/Ask - a modern branching strategy -- Fixing a security issue -- Interacting with branches in remote repositories -- Upstream and downstream -- Remote-tracking branches and refspec -- Fetching and pulling versus pushing…”

“…Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Table service -- Queue service -- Introducing Azure Disk Storage -- Chapter 4 Planning Your Virtual Network Topology -- Understanding Virtual Network Components -- Address space -- Subnets -- Creating a Virtual Network -- Deploying with the Azure portal -- Deploying with PowerShell -- Configuring Virtual Networks -- Deciding on a name resolution strategy -- Configuring network security groups -- Adding service tags and application security groups -- Associating the NSG with the appropriate subnets -- Understanding service endpoints -- Connecting Virtual Networks -- Configuring VNet peering -- Understanding service chaining -- User-defined routes -- Deploying Azure Firewall -- Digging into Virtual Private Networks and Gateways -- Planning and configuring a VPN gateway -- Speeding through Azure ExpressRoute -- Chapter 5 Deploying and Configuring Azure Virtual Machines -- Planning Your VM Deployment -- Understanding VMs -- Starting your VM deployment from the Azure Marketplace -- Starting your VM deployment from your on-premises environment -- Recognizing Azure VM Components -- Compute -- Storage -- Network -- Architectural Considerations -- High availability -- Scalability -- Isolation mode -- Cost-Savings Opportunities -- Azure Reservations -- Azure Spot Instances -- Deploying Azure VMs from the Azure Marketplace -- Deploying a Linux VM -- Deploying from the Azure portal -- Connecting to the VM -- Deploying the VM -- Connecting to the VM -- Configuring Your VMs -- Starting, Stopping, and Resizing VMs -- Starting and stopping a VM -- Resizing a VM -- Using Azure Virtual Desktop -- Extending Your VM's Capabilities -- Maintaining your VM environments -- Enabling diagnostic logging -- Viewing diagnostics data in Azure Monitor -- Chapter 6 Shipping Docker Containers in Azure -- Understanding Docker -- Using Docker containers…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…. -- Organizational chart and roles -- Practice 74: Defining the roles &amp -- responsibilities for a service operations function -- Practice 75: Scaling the right service operations roles at the right time -- Preventing contacts -- Practice 76: Preventing unnecessary contacts in the first place -- Deflecting contacts -- Practice 77: Deflecting transactional contacts to an automated self-help -- Resolving contacts -- Practice 78: Investing in a hybrid operating model and specialization to ensure availability at all times -- Practice 79: Resolving customer inquiries with autonomous teams and close-knit performance management -- Practice 80: Investing in Lean Six Sigma processes while giving teams enough room to create moments of service delight -- Practice 81: Investing in a loosely coupled, yet highly integrated suite of service tools -- Practice 82: Steering external partners to jointly drive business goals -- Practice 83: Boosting back-office throughput with performance management, automation and centers of excellence -- Practice 84: Investing in resilience to quickly recover from demand and supply shocks -- 10 Supply Chain Excellence: Shipping customer happiness consistently -- OKRs -- Practice 85: Establishing the right supply chain OKRs -- Organizational chart and roles -- Practice 86: Defining the roles &amp -- responsibilities for a supply chain operations function…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Inserting Java code using the User Defined Java Class step -- Adding fields -- Modifying fields -- Sending rows to the next step -- Data types equivalence -- Testing the Java Class using the Test class button -- Transforming the dataset with Java -- Time for action - splitting the field to rows using Java -- Avoiding coding by using purpose built steps -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Transforming the Rowset -- Converting rows to columns -- Time for action - enhancing the films file by converting rows to columns -- Converting row data to column data by using the Row Denormaliser step -- Aggregating data with a Row Denormaliser step -- Time for action - aggregating football matches data with the Row Denormaliser step -- Using Row Denormaliser for aggregating data -- Normalizing data -- Time for action - enhancing the matches file by normalizing the dataset -- Modifying the dataset with a Row Normaliser step -- Summarizing the PDI steps that operate on sets of rows -- Generating a custom time dimension dataset by using Kettle variables -- Time for action - creating the time dimension dataset -- Getting variables -- Time for action - parameterizing the start and end date of the time dimension dataset -- Using the Get Variables step -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Working with Databases -- Introducing the Steel Wheels sample database -- Connecting to the Steel Wheels database -- Time for action - creating a connection to the Steel Wheels database -- Connecting with Relational Database Management Systems -- Exploring the Steel Wheels database -- Time for action - exploring the sample database -- A brief word about SQL -- Exploring any configured database with the database explorer -- Querying a database -- Time for action - getting data about shipped orders -- Getting data from the database with the Table input step…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…PREFACE xi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii FOREWORD xv CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Introduction 1 Bibliography 4 CHAPTER 2 ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS IN ENERGY PROCESSING AND SMART GRID 5 2.1 Introduction 5 2.2 Complex Power Concepts 5 2.3 Review of AC-Circuit Analysis Using Phasor Diagrams 8 2.4 Polyphase Systems 9 2.5 Three-Phase Loads with Impedence Loads 13 2.6 Transformation of Y to Delta and Delta to Y 17 2.7 Summary of Phase and Line Voltages/Currents for Balanced Three-Phase Systems 19 2.8 Per-Unit Systems 22 2.9 Chapter Summary 27 Exercises 27 Bibliography 29 CHAPTER 3 MAGNETIC SYSTEMS FOR ENERGY PROCESSING 31 3.1 Introduction 31 3.2 Magnetic Fields 31 3.3 Equivalent Magnetic and Electric Circuits 34 3.4 Overview of Magnetic Materials 35 3.5 Hysteresis Loops and Hysteresis Losses in Ferromagnetic Materials 35 3.6 Definitions 38 3.7 Magnetic Circuit Losses 38 3.8 Producing Magnetic Flux in Air Gap 40 3.9 Rectangular-Shaped Magnetic Circuits 41 3.10 Chapter Summary 45 Exercises 45 Bibliography 47 CHAPTER 4 TRANSFORMERS 49 4.1 Introduction 49 4.2 First Two Maxwell's Laws 50 4.3 Transformers 51 4.4 Ideal Single-Phase Transformer Models 56 4.5 Modeling a Transformer into Equivalent Circuits 59 4.6 Transformer Testing 65 4.7 Transformer Specifications 71 4.8 Three-Phase Power Transformers 72 4.9 New Advances in Transformer Technology: Solid-State Transformers 72 4.10 Chapter Summary 78 Exercises 78 Bibliography 82 CHAPTER 5 INDUCTION MACHINES 83 5.1 Introduction 83 5.2 Construction and Types of Induction Motors 83 5.3 Operating Principle 85 5.4 Basic Induction-Motor Concepts 86 5.5 Induction-Motor Slip 88 5.6 Rotor Current and Leakage Reactance 88 5.7 Rotor Copper Loss 91 5.8 Developing the Equivalent Circuit of Polyphase, Wound-Rotor Induction Motors 92 5.9 Computing Corresponding Torque of Induction Motors 96 5.10 Approximation Model for Induction Machines 97 5.11 Speed Control of Induction Motors 100 5.12 Application of Induction Motors 101 5.13 induction-Generator Principles 101 5.14 Chapter Summary 103 Exercises 104 Bibliography 106 CHAPTER 6 SYNCHRONOUS MACHINES 107 6.1 Introduction 107 6.2 Synchronous-Generator Construction 107 6.3 Exciters 108 6.4 Governors 110 6.5 Synchronous Generator Operating Principle 110 6.6 Equivalent Circuit of Synchronous Machines 112 6.7 Synchronous Generator Equivalent Circuits 113 6.8 Over Excitation and Under Excitation 114 6.9 Open-Circuit and Short-Circuit Characteristics 115 6.10 Performance Characteristics of Synchronous Machines 118 6.11 Generator Compounding Curve 122 6.12 Synchronous Generator Operating Alone: Concept of Infinite Bus 122 6.13 Initial Elementary Facts about Synchronous Machines 123 6.14 Cylindrical-Rotor Machines for Turbo Generators 125 6.15 Synchronous Machines with Effects of Saliency: Two-Reactance Theory 125 6.16 The Salient-Pole Machine 126 6.17 Synchronous Motors 128 6.18 Synchronous Machines and System Stability 131 6.19 Chapter Summary 135 Exercises 136 Bibliography 137 CHAPTER 7 DC MACHINES 139 7.1 Introduction 139 7.2 Conductor Moving in a Uniform Magnetic Field 139 7.3 Current-Carrying Conductor in a Uniform Magnetic Field 139 7.4 DC-Machine Construction and Nameplate Parameters 141 7.5 DC Machine Pertinent Nameplate Parameters 142 7.6 Development and Configuration of Equivalent Circuits of DC Machines 142 7.7 Classification of DC Machines 147 7.8 Voltage Regulation 151 7.9 Power Computation for DC Machines 151 7.10 Power Flow and Efficiency 152 7.11 DC Motors 155 7.12 Computation of Speed of DC Motors 155 7.13 DC-Machine Speed-Control Methods 163 7.14 Ward Leonard System 164 7.15 Chapter Summary 166 Exercises 167 Bibliography 168 CHAPTER 8 PERMANENT-MAGNET MOTORS 169 8.1 Introduction 169 8.2 Permanent-Magnet DC Motors 169 8.3 Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motors 177 8.4 Variants of Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motors 186 8.5 Chapter Summary 190 Bibliography 190 CHAPTER 9 RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES 193 9.1 Introduction 193 9.2 Distributed Generation Concepts 193 9.3 DG Benefits 194 9.4 Working Definitions and Classifications of Renewable Energy 195 9.5 Renewable-Energy Penetration 218 9.6 Maximum Penetration Limits of Renewable-Energy Resources 218 9.7 Constraints to Implementation of Renewable Energy 219 Exercises 221 Bibliography 222 CHAPTER 10 STORAGE SYSTEMS IN THE SMART GRID 223 10.1 Introduction 223 10.2 Forms of Energy 223 10.3 Energy Storage Systems 223 10.4 Cost Benefits of Storage 239 10.5 Chapter Summary 244 Bibliography 244 CHAPTER 11 POWER ELECTRONICS 247 11.1 Introduction 247 11.2 Power Systems with Power Electronics Architecture 248 11.3 Elements of Power Electronics 249 11.4 Power Semiconductor Devices 249 11.5 Applications of Power Electronics Devices to Machine Control 276 11.6 Applications of Power Electronics Devices to Power System Devices 280 11.7 Applications of Power Electronics to Utility, Aerospace, and Shipping 281 11.8 Facts 282 11.9 Chapter Summary 286 Bibliography 287 CHAPTER 12 CONVERTERS AND INVERTERS 289 12.1 Introduction 289 12.2 Definitions 289 12.3 DC-DC Converters 290 12.4 Inverters 296 12.5 Rectifiers 301 12.6 Applications 312 12.7 Chapter Summary 320 Exercises 320 Bibliography 322 CHAPTER 13 MICROGRID APPLICATION DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY 323 13.1 Introduction to Microgrids 323 13.2 Types of Microgrids 324 13.3 Microgrid Architecture 325 13.4 Modeling of a Microgrid 330 13.5 Chapter Summary 332 Bibliography 333 CHAPTER 14 MICROGRID OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT 335 14.1 Perfomance Tools of a Microgrid 335 14.2 Microgrid Functions 337 14.3 IEEE Standards for Microgrids 344 14.4 Microgrid Benefits 346 14.5 Chapter Summary 349 Bibliography 349 CHAPTER 15 THE SMART GRID: AN INTRODUCTION 351 15.1 Evolution, Drivers, and the Need for Smart Grid 351 15.2 Comparison of Smart Grid with the Current Grid System 352 15.3 Architecture of a Smart Grid 353 15.4 Design for Smart-Grid Function for Bulk Power Systems 353 15.5 Smart-Grid Challenges 362 15.6 Design Structure and Procedure for Smart-Grid Best Practices 363 15.7 Chapter Summary 365 Bibliography 365 CHAPTER 16 SMART-GRID LAYERS AND CONTROL 367 16.1 Introduction 367 16.2 Controls for the Smart Grid 367 16.3 Layers of Smart Grid Within the Grid 373 16.4 Command, Control, and Communication Applications in Real Time 390 16.5 Hardware-in-the-Loop for Energy Processing and the Smart Grid 394 16.6 Evolution of Cyber-Physical Systems 394 16.7 Chapter Summary 396 Bibliography 397 CHAPTER 17 ENERGY PROCESSING AND SMART-GRID TEST BEDS 401 17.1 Introduction 401 17.2 Study of Available Test Beds for the Smart Grid 401 17.3 Smart Microgrid Test-Bed Design 403 17.4 Smart-Grid Test Beds 404 17.5 Smart-Grid Case Studies 405 17.6 Simulation Tools, Hardware, and Embedded Systems 408 17.7 Limitations of Existing Smart-Grid Test Beds 411 17.8 Chapter Summary 412 Bibliography 412 INDEX 415.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Direction and Movement: Air Raid II, Space Rocks, and Balloon Pop -- Using Math to Rotate and Move Objects -- The Sin and Cos Functions -- Using Cos and Sin to Drive a Car -- Calculating an Angle from a Location -- Air Raid II -- Altering the Gun -- Changing the Bullets -- Changes to AirRaid2.as -- Space Rocks -- Game Elements and Design -- Setting Up the Graphics -- Setting Up the Class -- Starting the Game -- Score and Status Display Objects -- Ship Movement and Player Input -- Shields Up! -- Rocks -- Missiles -- Game Control -- Modifying the Game -- New! …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Participants returning to the hotel ship moored at Xanten -- Figure 34. The Congress welcomed to the G.M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…3.16 Evolution Connection Lactose tolerance is a recent event in human evolution -- Chapter Review -- 4 A Tour of the cell -- Introduction to the Cell -- 4.1 Microscopes reveal the world of the cell -- 4.2 The small size of cells relates to the need to exchange materials across the plasma membrane -- 4.3 Prokaryotic cells are structurally simpler than eukaryotic cells -- 4.4 Eukaryotic cells are partitioned into functional compartments -- The Nucleus and Ribosomes -- 4.5 The nucleus contains the cell's genetic instructions -- 4.6 Ribosomes make proteins for use in the cell and for export -- The Endomembrane System -- 4.7 Many organelles are connected in the endomembrane system -- 4.8 The endoplasmic reticulum is a biosynthetic workshop -- 4.9 The Golgi apparatus modifies, sorts, and ships cell products -- 4.10 Lysosomes are digestive compartments within a cell -- 4.11 Vacuoles function in the general maintenance of the cell -- Energy-Converting Organelles -- 4.13 Mitochondria harvest chemical energy from food -- 4.14 A review of the structures involved in manufacturing and breakdown -- 4.15 Evolution Connection Chloroplasts convert solar energy to chemical energy -- 4.16 Mitochondria and chloroplasts evolved by endosymbiosis -- The Cytoskeleton and Cell Surfaces -- 4.16 The cell's internal skeleton helps organize its structure and activities -- 4.17 Scientific Thinking Scientists discovered the cytoskeleton using the tools of biochemistry and microscopy -- 4.18 Cilia and flagella move when microtubules bend -- 4.19 The extracellular matrix of animal cells functions in support and regulation -- 4.20 Three types of cell junctions are found in animal tissues -- 4.21 Cell walls enclose and support plant cells -- 4.22 Review: Eukaryotic cell structures can be grouped on the basis of four main functions -- Chapter Review -- 5 The Working Cell…”